United States

18.0%

18.3%

16.1%

15.1%

16.3%

18.3%

New England:

Connecticut

20.1%

20.8%

17.4%

17.1%

21.4%

20.0%

Maine

21.1%

21.7%

18.8%

15.3%

20.2%

21.2%

Massachusetts

12.6%

14.0%

5.6%

*

10.2%

18.7%

12.1%

New Hampshire

22.1%

23.4%

17.6%

16.6%

15.7%

23.1%

Rhode Island

10.6%

10.1%

10.6%

18.7%

14.3%

10.0%

Vermont

21.0%

21.2%

17.4%

22.9%

20.0%

21.2%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

18.2%

18.0%

19.7%

16.5%

12.7%

18.9%

New York

15.2%

16.1%

10.3%

6.3%

*

12.0%

15.6%

Pennsylvania

18.2%

18.2%

18.9%

15.8%

17.5%

18.3%

East North Central:

Illinois

18.8%

19.5%

13.6%

14.0%

17.1%

19.2%

Indiana

22.8%

23.3%

19.9%

14.4%

*

17.9%

23.7%

Michigan

21.0%

21.6%

17.3%

18.6%

17.6%

21.6%

Ohio

18.6%

18.9%

17.8%

13.8%

14.8%

19.3%

Wisconsin

17.4%

18.0%

13.7%

14.4%

17.6%

17.4%

West North Central:

Iowa

14.9%

14.8%

14.1%

17.3%

12.7%

15.3%

Kansas

17.6%

17.7%

17.8%

16.1%

17.4%

17.7%

Minnesota

16.8%

16.8%

18.7%

12.3%

14.2%

17.1%

Missouri

19.4%

17.7%

33.6%

14.2%

17.3%

19.9%

Nebraska

20.9%

21.7%

17.5%

16.4%

*

13.6%

21.7%

North Dakota

14.7%

16.1%

5.7%

*

13.6%

*

15.5%

14.5%

South Dakota

15.2%

15.0%

16.9%

14.1%

*

14.6%

15.3%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

16.9%

18.4%

12.0%

12.5%

*

14.0%

*

17.5%

District of Columbia

18.1%

18.7%

9.4%

8.3%

*

14.4%

18.4%

Florida

17.6%

17.7%

18.6%

15.1%

16.6%

17.8%

Georgia

19.1%

19.4%

18.9%

13.9%

11.9%

*

20.7%

Maryland

18.1%

18.0%

17.3%

20.9%

14.8%

18.6%

North Carolina

19.1%

19.7%

13.5%

15.5%

18.8%

19.2%

South Carolina

18.6%

18.9%

16.9%

*

16.5%

*

15.5%

19.6%

Virginia

18.1%

18.1%

16.4%

20.5%

21.5%

17.5%

West Virginia

15.2%

14.9%

17.3%

16.0%

14.4%

15.5%

East South Central:

Alabama

13.5%

13.5%

11.6%

*

19.5%

12.9%

13.8%

Kentucky

17.3%

17.1%

22.1%

13.2%

19.9%

16.5%

Mississippi

16.7%

17.0%

14.1%

18.9%

14.6%

17.8%

Tennessee

19.5%

20.0%

15.9%

11.9%

*

17.3%

20.3%

West South Central:

Arkansas

18.7%

19.3%

15.3%

10.4%

*

18.6%

18.7%

Louisiana

17.6%

18.0%

12.3%

16.1%

*

13.9%

18.7%

Oklahoma

17.4%

18.1%

9.7%

*

18.5%

*

15.4%

18.0%

Texas

19.7%

20.1%

17.3%

16.4%

19.1%

19.9%

Mountain:

Arizona

17.1%

17.5%

14.0%

14.3%

16.6%

17.2%

Colorado

16.9%

17.6%

12.6%

14.8%

14.2%

17.5%

Idaho

18.6%

18.5%

11.7%

23.6%

19.2%

18.3%

Montana

17.6%

20.5%

13.0%

7.1%

*

21.0%

16.0%

Nevada

19.1%

19.4%

18.5%

10.7%

*

17.9%

19.2%

New Mexico

18.6%

19.0%

11.9%

*

18.8%

18.0%

18.8%

Utah

18.3%

18.7%

13.8%

19.9%

15.5%

18.7%

Wyoming

19.9%

21.1%

13.2%

*

10.1%

*

14.7%

*

20.4%

Pacific:

Alaska

15.5%

15.0%

24.1%

16.1%

*

15.0%

15.6%

California

17.2%

17.5%

16.1%

15.1%

14.0%

17.6%

Hawaii

15.6%

16.7%

12.5%

11.6%

*

11.6%

16.7%

Oregon

20.1%

19.9%

21.0%

21.0%

20.9%

20.0%

Washington

17.7%

19.0%

10.1%

*

13.8%

*

18.3%

17.6%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.

United States

0.14%

0.16%

0.53%

0.58%

0.25%

0.17%

New England:

Connecticut

1.18%

1.39%

1.99%

3.97%

3.20%

1.06%

Maine

1.69%

1.96%

1.76%

3.79%

3.02%

1.80%

Massachusetts

0.82%

0.86%

2.22%

*

2.68%

4.01%

0.67%

New Hampshire

1.62%

1.81%

2.57%

3.01%

2.44%

1.80%

Rhode Island

1.23%

1.30%

2.63%

4.77%

2.42%

1.27%

Vermont

1.53%

1.87%

3.61%

3.30%

2.64%

1.86%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.29%

1.49%

3.43%

4.72%

2.63%

1.19%

New York

1.37%

1.58%

1.41%

2.93%

*

2.35%

1.34%

Pennsylvania

0.93%

0.96%

1.81%

3.67%

2.46%

0.93%

East North Central:

Illinois

0.67%

0.73%

2.87%

3.81%

2.82%

0.72%

Indiana

1.04%

1.16%

4.38%

7.21%

*

1.98%

1.15%

Michigan

1.12%

1.31%

2.79%

2.66%

2.27%

1.10%

Ohio

1.48%

1.47%

2.00%

3.92%

2.58%

1.38%

Wisconsin

0.91%

1.03%

2.86%

3.89%

3.07%

1.23%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.11%

1.25%

3.15%

4.07%

2.29%

1.26%

Kansas

0.94%

0.96%

3.04%

3.48%

2.19%

1.55%

Minnesota

1.69%

1.68%

3.23%

2.26%

3.23%

1.73%

Missouri

0.88%

1.17%

6.72%

2.36%

1.34%

1.11%

Nebraska

1.47%

1.66%

4.52%

9.46%

*

2.60%

1.53%

North Dakota

0.91%

1.14%

2.14%

*

4.29%

*

3.54%

1.45%

South Dakota

1.62%

1.87%

2.44%

4.90%

*

2.86%

1.68%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.62%

1.68%

2.66%

3.97%

*

5.27%

*

1.53%

District of Columbia

1.47%

1.50%

2.46%

3.10%

*

2.38%

1.56%

Florida

0.89%

1.02%

3.81%

2.57%

1.27%

1.05%

Georgia

1.63%

1.77%

4.29%

3.72%

3.83%

*

1.36%

Maryland

0.83%

0.68%

2.86%

5.17%

2.71%

0.92%

North Carolina

0.86%

0.82%

3.28%

3.69%

2.47%

1.08%

South Carolina

1.44%

1.43%

10.19%

*

5.66%

*

1.76%

1.80%

Virginia

0.81%

1.04%

4.05%

4.25%

1.94%

1.05%

West Virginia

1.50%

1.73%

2.90%

4.71%

2.48%

1.73%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.08%

1.16%

5.27%

*

5.65%

2.34%

1.28%

Kentucky

1.60%

1.81%

3.43%

3.90%

2.86%

1.64%

Mississippi

0.66%

0.67%

3.63%

5.30%

2.35%

1.10%

Tennessee

0.83%

0.94%

4.24%

9.86%

*

2.46%

1.09%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.04%

1.00%

3.85%

5.07%

*

2.41%

1.89%

Louisiana

1.56%

1.64%

3.41%

9.98%

*

2.68%

1.48%

Oklahoma

1.39%

1.48%

4.17%

*

9.13%

*

2.98%

2.02%

Texas

0.40%

0.43%

1.88%

1.31%

1.27%

0.41%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.45%

1.48%

3.93%

3.36%

2.69%

1.60%

Colorado

0.93%

1.34%

3.25%

3.55%

3.08%

1.62%

Idaho

1.04%

1.01%

3.50%

4.26%

3.18%

1.04%

Montana

1.65%

1.43%

1.72%

3.71%

*

3.09%

2.03%

Nevada

1.13%

1.40%

4.10%

3.81%

*

3.90%

1.27%

New Mexico

0.74%

0.73%

3.82%

*

4.29%

2.48%

1.38%

Utah

0.75%

0.86%

3.43%

4.93%

1.95%

0.82%

Wyoming

1.61%

1.95%

5.81%

*

5.01%

*

4.47%

*

1.60%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.73%

1.80%

6.40%

9.67%

*

4.10%

2.02%

California

0.52%

0.60%

1.28%

3.14%

1.52%

0.59%

Hawaii

1.07%

1.04%

1.66%

4.27%

*

2.26%

1.15%

Oregon

1.10%

1.11%

2.78%

4.99%

2.80%

1.14%

Washington

1.32%

1.24%

3.07%

*

9.50%

*

3.93%

1.58%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.